Even in a weak job market, the old college try isn’t the answer for everyone. A briefing paper warns that “we may have overdone the message” on college. Original post on wsj.com Comments on reddit.com
Educators knew the online revolution would eventually envelop the physical classroom, but a torrent of near-revolutionary developments in the past month are p.. Original post on techcrunch.com Comments on reddit.com
NASA Internal Memo: Guidance for Education and Public Outreach Activities Under Sequestration – SpaceRef Original post on spaceref.com Comments on reddit.com
The youngster was transferred from Pakistan to the UK for life-saving treatment after the bullet grazed her brain. Original post on india.com Comments on reddit.com
Lawmakers are drafting legislation that would ban people on welfare or those who are in bankruptcy from buying lottery tickets Original post on abclocal.go.com Comments on reddit.com
An unseen disadvantage: The focus on independence at American universities can undermine the academic performance of first-generation college students, Assistant Professor Nicole Stephens finds Original post on northwestern.edu Comments on reddit.com
Initiatives from Open Educational Resources proponents, and now publishers themselves, may mean more course content from low or no-cost online resourc Original post on smartplanet.com Comments on reddit.com
Salaries of $50,000 a year have drawn many high school seniors away from higher education amid the frenzied pace of oil drilling. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Low-income students have long trailed affluent peers in school performance, but from grade-school tests to college completion, the gaps are widening. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
The idea that a college diploma is an all-but-mandatory ticket to a successful career is showing fissures. Risky? Perhaps. But it worked for the founders of Twitter, Tumblr and a little company known as Apple. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
This week we were reminded that Republicans are masters of blaming everything—but their own beliefs. Why did Mitt Romney lose? It couldn’t be because the Original post on nationalmemo.com Comments on reddit.com
The Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for an acid attack on a college bus in northern Pakistan which left two girls with burned faces, a doctor said. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
Students anywhere are being offered free instruction online. What will that do to the trillion-dollar education business? Original post on technologyreview.com Comments on reddit.com
America needs to get its financial house in order, reform its tax code, streamline regulation, invest in infrastructure, education and job training, expand exports and engage the world. Barack Obama can do those things, The Plain Dealer editorial board writes. Original post on cleveland.com Comments on reddit.com
UPDATE, Oct. 19, 7:07 p.m.: Common sense has indeed prevailed! Minnesota has decided to stop enforcing an outdated law that had led to Coursera telling the state’s residents they weren’t allowed to take its free online classes. For more, see my follow-up post here. Original post: Honorable mentions go to… Original post on slate.com Comments on reddit.com
Americans have a clear choice between two presidential candidates with starkly different ideas for spurring the economy, providing for the health of our people, defending our interests abroad, educating our children and protecting our environment. We believe that President Barack Obama’s progress on these issues merits him a second term in the White House. Original post on journalnow.com Comments on reddit.com
Tens of thousands have rallied in Pakistan’s largest city in support of a 14-year-old girl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education and criticizing the militant group. Original post on miami.com Comments on reddit.com
A well-known teenage activist who has campaigned for girls’ education is shot and wounded in north-west Pakistan – the Taliban said they did it. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Congress should invest $5 billion in the country’s education system — particularly in math, science and technology education — over the next 10 years and pay for it with increased fees on high-skill immigration, a Microsoft executive said. Original post on computerworld.com Comments on reddit.com
If you want to prevent abortions, you make sure everyone has health care, a high school education and birth control. Not the exact opposite. When I’m at my most cynical, I almost believe that the Republican Party isn’t just a conspiracy to explode the… Original post on eclectablog.com Comments on reddit.com
A potent myth is being used to justify economic capture by a parasitic class. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th September 2012 We could call it Romnesia: the ability of the very rich to forget the context in which they made their money. To forget their education, inheritance, family networks, contacts and introductions. [...] Original post on monbiot.com Comments on reddit.com
The Wisconsin congressman is the vice presidential pick for Mitt Romney. Original post on usnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Teachers, scientists and policymakers have drafted ambitious new education standards. All 50 states should adopt them Original post on scientificamerican.com Comments on reddit.com
In a Louisiana public school, female students who are suspected of being pregnant are told that they must take a pregnancy test. Under school policy, those who are pregnant or refuse to take the test are kicked out and forced to undergo home schooling. Welcome to Delhi Charter School, in… Original post on aclu.org Comments on reddit.com
Mr. Kushagra Nayan Bajaj, Vice Chairman of the Bajaj Group, is the great-grandson of Jamnalal Bajaj, the renowned freedom fighter, philanthropist, businessman, confidante, disciple and the adopted 5th son of the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj foundation (KJBF) has a mission ofempowering the rural community for an efficient and judicious use of human and natural resources to improve the quality of their lives. Original post on bajajfoundation.org Comments on reddit.com
Bill Nye is not a Mitt Romney guy. Original post on politico.com Comments on reddit.com
In the you-can’t-make-up-this-stuff department, the Republican Party of Texas wrote in its 2012 platform that itopposes the teaching of “higher order thinking skills” because it believes the purpose is to challenge a student’s “fixed beliefs” and undermine “parental authority.” Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on digg.com
